Thank you, Mr. Chair.
First, I want to welcome all the witnesses and thank them for their presentations.
We're learning a great deal. We can see from your presentations how much the health crisis is significantly affecting our economy. We can also see the importance of acting quickly.
Mr. Milliard, when you made suggestions and identified possible solutions, you spoke of the importance of extending the wage subsidy and support measures to over three months, if necessary. You also spoke of the importance of ensuring greater flexibility in terms of the need of justify the loss of revenue to access the wage subsidy. A step was taken in this direction. However, I want you to elaborate on this and to provide examples of what could be done.
I also greatly appreciated your comments on start-ups. You suggested that we look at future revenue rather than past revenue and establish a loan that can be converted into a grant if jobs are maintained. I want you to elaborate on this.
I also want to know whether you think that the current proposal for covering the fixed costs of SMEs is adequate. What can we introduce?
The question is for Mr. Milliard. I then want to hear from Mr. Kelly from the CFIB or from Mr. Dorval from the Conseil du patronat du Québec.